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Wednesday, December 15, 2010

The results of Swann's various owner photographs and photobooks sale last week were generally soft, with an overall Buy-In rate over 37% and Total Sale Proceeds that missed the estimate range by a wide margin. As has become commonplace at Swann, a high percentage of lots (in this case, just over 32%) that did sell found buyers below the low estimate. While the material at Swann is always eclectic, I think there just wasn't enough firepower of offer here to really attract buyers at the end of the season.

The summary statistics are below (all results include the buyer’s premium):